First Circuit· 2/1/1989

United States v. Doherty

Citations

867 F.2d 47

How courts have described this case

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finding no decision that \prohibits a prosecutor from calling witnesses who will present conflicting stories\
finding no prejudice where sentence could have been imposed for the conspiracy proved at trial
finding the evidence of identity sufficient when, in part, the defendant had the same name and nickname \as the person indicted and about whom the witnesses spoke\
upholding conviction for 4 scheme which sought “appointment to or promotion within police departments” to receive “the salary or increased salary by reason of appointment to or promotion within the police department”
finding error in instruction on an element of the offense harmless because it was \virtually inconceivable that the jury could have found [the defendants] guilty . . . without believing that\ the necessary factual finding had been established
sufficient evidence of identification where witnesses referenced person with the same name as the person indicted

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Judges: Bownes, Breyer, Campbell

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